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BERNARD FANTA, on LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. I

CIGAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 634,104, dated October 3, 1899.

- Application filed AprillQ, 1899.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BERNARD FANTA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Man ufaeture of Cigars, of which the following-is a specification.

My invention relates to the manufacture of cigars; and the object of my invention is to provide a protecting-roll along the overlapping edge of the wrapper to prevent the air from passing into the filler between the folds of the wrapper and prevent the wrapper from breaking in being handled. I accomplish this object in the manner described herein, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Eigure 1 represents a cigar made in the usual manner; Fig. 2, a cigar embodying my improvement.

In the drawings, A represents a cigar; B, the wrapper.

The wrapper sho nld be in a soft and pliable condition when wrapped around the filler, which is done in the usual manner, after which the outer part of the overlapping portion of the wrapper is rolled back upon itself and forms a spiral rib or roll 0, surrounding the cigar, and forms the outer edge of the wrapper of my cigar, as shown in Fig. 2. This will impart additional strength to the wrap Serial No. 713,660. (No model.)

I per, prevent it from cracking, and render the cigar less liable to injury. Cracks in the wrapper of the cigar usually begin at the outer or overlapping edge. In my cigar this part of the wrapper is reinforced and made strong bybeing rolled up into a roll and will not be easily broken. Besides, this rolled-up edge will press firmly against the underlying wrap or layer of the wrapper andprevent the wraps or layers of the wrapper.

' Having described my invention, what I clafin as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. As a new article of manufacture, a cigar having a protecting-roll formed by rolling the overlapping edge of the wrapper back upon the wrapper, substantially as described.

, 2. A cigar A having wrapper B, the Wrapper B having the overlapping edge and the portion of the wrapper lying adjacent thereto rolled I. back upon the wrapper forming the protecting-roll C, substantially as described.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name, this 12th day of April, 1899, at Los Angeles, California.

BERNARD FANTA.

Witnesses:

HENRY T. HAZARD, JOHN OoLns GRANGES.

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